Information Security Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Security Engineer will participate in the deployment, integration, and operationalization of Threat and Vulnerability Detection Platform across the enterprise. The Security Engineer will have solid interpersonal skills, be a self-starter, and have a desire to maintain enterprise-wide visibility to initiatives related to threat and vulnerability detection technologies and services. The Security Engineer is an individual contributor role with expertise in Operating systems, and software vulnerability management.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deploy and integrate the Threat and Vulnerability Platform technology across the enterprise tool and integrate the platforms to the various security tool sets (Tenable, etc.)
• Deploy, implement and manage security controls to safeguard infrastructure, systems, and data
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and audits to ensure compliance with federal regulations and standards (e.g. FedRAMP, NIST)
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to identify security requirements and develop solutions
• Develop and maintain security documentation including policies and procedures
• Stay current with emerging security threats and technologies, providing recommendations for continuous improvement
• Review, test, and configure scanning and reporting results to key stakeholders
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior security engineers and other team members
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED or higher
• 4+ years of experience in maintaining and utilizing the Tenable VM software and infrastructure
• 4+ years of experience in remediating vulnerabilities on Tenable VM servers
• 4+ years of experience in responding to ticking requests for the team such as ad-hoc scans, false positive investigations, vulnerability risks
• 4+ years of experience in reviewing scans for potential, successful, and unsuccessful scan results
• 4+ years of experience in cloud service provider security concepts experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• General knowledge of network concepts, Windows and Linux operating systems and administration
• Knowledge of scripting, automation, AI integrations

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.